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Religious Key Words and Definition
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- 1AgnosticismNot being sure whether God exists
- 2AtheismBelieving that God does not exist
- 3ConversionWhen your life is changed by giving yourself to God
- 4Free willThe idea that human beings are free to make their own choices
- 5MiracleSomething that happens that breaks the law of science and makes you think that only God could have done it
- 6Moral evilActions done by human which causes suffering
- 7Natural evilThings which causes suffering but have nothing to do with humans
- 8NuminousThe feeling of the presence of something greater than you
- 9Omni-benevolentThe belief that God is all good
- 10OmnipotentThe belief that God is all powerful
- 11OmniscientThe belief that God knows everything that has happened and everything that is going to happen
- 12PrayerAn attempt to contact God, usually through words
- 13Religious ExperienceAn experience that makes the person having the experience feel the presence of God
- 14AbortionThe removal of a foetus from the womb before it can survive
- 15Assisted suicideProviding a seriously ill person with the means to commit suicide
- 16EuthanasiaThe painless killing of someone dying from a painful disease
- 17Immortality of the soulThe idea that the soul lives on after the death of the body
- 18Near-death experienceWhen someone about to die has an out of body experience
- 19Non-voluntary euthanasiaEnding someones life painlessly when they are unable to ask, but you have good reasons for thinking they would want you to do so
- 20ParanormalUnexplained things which are thought to have spiritual causes eg.ghosts, mediums
- 21Quality of lifeThe belief that life must have some benefits for it to be worth living
- 22ReincarnationThe belief that after death, souls are reborn into a new body
- 23RessurectionThe belief that, after death, the body remains in the grave until the end of the world when it is raised
- 24Sanctity of lifeThe belief that life is holy and belongs to God
- 25Voluntary euthanasiaEnding life painlessly when someone suffering in great pain asks for death
- 26AdulteryA sexual act between a married person and someone other than their marriage partner
- 27Civil partnershipA legal ceremony giving homosexual couple the same legal rights as a husband and wife
- 28CohabitationLiving together without being married
- 29ContraceptionIntentionally preventing pregnancy from occurring
- 30FaithfulnessStaying with your marriage partner and having sex only with them
- 31HomosexualitySexual attraction to the same sex
- 32Pre-martial sexSex before marriage
- 33ProcreationMaking a new life
- 34Re-marriageMarrying again after being divorced from a previous marriage
- 35DiscriminationTreating people less favourably because of their ethnicity/ gender/ colour/ sexuality/ age/ class
- 36Ethnic minorityA member of an ethnic group (race) which is much smaller than the majority group
- 37Interfaith marriagesMarriage where the husband and wife are from different religions
- 38Multi-ethnic societyMany different races and cultures living together in one society
- 39PrejudiceBelieving some people are inferior or superior without even knowing them
- 40Racial harmonyDifferent race/colours living together happily
- 41RacismThe belief that some races are superior to others
- 42SexismDiscriminating against people because of their gender (being male or female)
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- Key words and definitions for GCSE RE
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